left parties on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not keeping his promise of giving a “corruption-free” Government and decided to stage nationwide protests seeking action against senior BJP leaders for their alleged role in lalitgate, Vyapam scam and other controversies.
“On completion of one year of his Government, Modi had boasted that no corruption case surfaced during the period. But, we told them to wait as there were no corruption charges against UPA Government too until the sixth or seventh year. But even before the NDA Government could complete a year, we got to see so many scams coming out. Modi had promised a corruption-free Government, but it has failed so early,” CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said while addressing protesters here.
Yechury reiterated the stand of left parties that senior BJP leaders — External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje — who are accused of helping lalit Modi, should step down from their respective posts.
Terming Vyapam scam as a “deadly combination of crime and corruption”, the Rajya Sabha member said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan too should be removed until a court-monitored CBI probe was over. On Modi allegedly keeping quiet over the corruption charges, Yechury took a dig at the Prime Minister of turning “Maunendra Modi”.
Earlier, CPI national secretary D Raja haf slammed the Modi Government. CPI(M) politburo members Brinda Karat and Hannan Mollah, AI Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas, Abani Roy from RSP, Satywan of SUCI, Kavita Krishnan of All India Progressive Women’s Association and others took part in the protests.